The Creativity Fallacy
What does it mean to be a creator at a time when creativity is completely commodified? In this episode, we talk about the status of the author, and how audiences…
Bureaucracy from Kafka to Dickens and Gospodinov
The Palace of Dreams is a novel set in the Ottoman empire but used by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare to reflect on the totalitarian state. Lea Ypi has been…
20 scary books and horror novels to read this Halloween
Here are 20 horror books from 2023 to read under a blanket at home (or, if you’re really brave, at that abandoned amusement park near the old cemetery that the…
Strange Horizons Palestinian Special
By: Rasha Abdulhadi I wanted this issue to be an opening invitation, an opportunity to introduce and gather people, for us to find each other and hold up mirrors. I…
#ReadPalestinianSpecFic Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. {read}
Sultana’s Dream
Sultana’s Dream is a 1905 feminist utopian story written by Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, a Muslim feminist, writer and social reformer from Bengal.
Brad Dourif + Flannery O’Connor + Ministry
The intro to the song 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' by Ministry. Ever wondered where those quotes came from? Well, now you know; it's from the 1979 film: 'Wise Blood'. Starring…
Little VVomen
little women meets the VVitch by Shipwrecked.
SHELF LIFE—Tastes Like War with Grace M. Cho – Virginia Festival of the Book
Grace M. Cho discusses her latest book, Tastes Like War, which was a nonfiction finalist for the 2021 National Book Award. Part memoir, part sociological investigation, Tastes Like War offers…